ampoule
pronunciation
How to pronounce ampoule in British English:
UK [ˈæmpu:l]
How to pronounce ampoule in American English:
US [ˈæmpul, -pjul]
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- Noun:
- a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Word Origin
- ampoule (n.)
- "small bottle or flask," especially one used for holy liquids, c. 1200, from Old French ampole, from Latin ampulla "small globular flask or bottle," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps a contracted form of amphora.
Example
- 1. The concentration of this standard solution in ampoule is as following .
- 2. So , instead , he decided one day to start a collection he would scour the internet and buy an ampoule of every chemical element .